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A. CHAPMAN & D. F. DALTON.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE. No. 335,056. Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

WJTJVESSES INVENTOR I M 7, MW, Attorney UNITE Earns PATENT Carriers.

SAMUEL A. CHAPMAN AND DANIEL F. DALTON, OF WAIERBURY, CONN, ASSIGNORS TO THE CHAPMAN & ARMSTRONG MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,056, dated January 26, 1886.

Application filed June 11, 1885. Serial No. 168,428. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL A. Gnar- MAN and DANIEL F. DALTON, citizens of the United States, residing at "Waterbury, Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clasps and Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clasps and buckles of the kind used upon suspenders where the web or fabric composing the Suspender passes through a suitable opening in the buckle and is held in any desired position by means of a clamping lip or lever, one arm of which bears upon the Suspender-strap and holds it in position by frictional contact, or by means of sharppointed teeth which enter the web of whlch the suspender is formed.

The invention relates particularly to the means employed for hanging the clampi 1.1glever.

Heretofore in clasps of this kind the levers have been hung to the main frame in most instances by bending the end portions of the lever around thin up wardl yproj ecti ng bearings formed on the frame of the buckle. This means oisecuring thelever is defective, for the reason that when any undue strain is put upon the lever at the points at which it is pivoted the tendency is either to bend the frail bearings upward and thus allow the lever to slip off or to spread the sides of the frame, and in that way withdraw the pins from their seats in the lever.

The object of the present invention is to secure a simple and cheap manner of securing the lever to the main body of the clasp, so that any strain imposed upon the said lever will in a great nieasurebe counteracted by the form of connection between the lever and frame, and, further, to secure the said lever in such manner that any outward spreading of the parts by which the lever may be released will be guarded against, thus producing a much more strong and durable buckle than has been possible by makingthem in the form heretofore employed.

In order that the advantages and peculiarities of construction involved in my invention may be clearly understood, and that others skilled in the art may be enabled to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a rear view ofa coin made in conformity with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the blank from portion of the buckle, which is made of any suitable sheet metal. stamped out into a blank of the form shown in Fig. 3. In this blank there may be left a series of openings cut in any ornamental shape, the purpose of which is to lighten the frame and give it mental appearance.

A A represent two reduced wings extending one oneach side of the main portion of the blank. l'n manipulating the blank in or der to adapt it for the attachment of the biud- So ing-lever, these wings are bent back upon the main portion of the blank, leaving a space between the under face of the said arms or wings and the face of the blank, in which space the said lever is arranged in such man bear up against the inward bent arms when it is moved to bind the strap of which the sns2 pcnder is formed and be braced or held in place by the said arms.

B represents the bindin stamped out of metal in the same manner as the main portion of the buckle. The main part of this blank is formed by the portion K, which is preferably made in ornan'iental form, and is designed to be gras lever back and forth to bind or release the suspender-strap. From this part K project a. lip, d, and two arms, Z), which lip and arms are scparatedby a slit, 0, made in the blank when formed.

right angles to the main lever portion, so that it may be moved by vibrating the lever when pletcd clasp 5 e main portion, no

of the bnckle is 65 2111 Olllitnor as to g-lercr, which is pod lll moving the 5' The lip (Z is bent inward at about the latter is properly hung to press the suspender against the main body of the buckle and secure it in place in that way.

In order that the lever may be expeditiously connected to the body or frame of the buckle I cut out portions of the latter, as seen at c, leaving a portion of the stock' to form a bar or pintle around which the ends of the arms b of the lever are bent, as clearly shown at Figs. 1 and 4, after the wings A have been bent back into position. It will be seen that by reason of this form of connection between the lever and the frame of the buckle an endwise thrust of the lever will nottend to spread the [5 bearings upon which it is hung, as would be the case in buckles as at present formed.

In the preferred form of buckle the arms A are of a length to jointly form a brace entirely across the body of the buckle, and the upper 20 part of the lever bears against the underside of this brace and is strengthened thereby. In the modified form of buckle shown in Figs. 4 and 5 these arms a are much shorter than in the form just referred to, and extend only a :5 short distance inward, thereby effecting a great saving'of metal in making a large number of buckles, and still preserving the generic idea of bracing against undue strain.

Having thus described our invention, what 0 we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A buckle composed of the main portion A, having the inwardly-projecting arms provided with slots 0, the pivoted lever having the binding-lip d, and provided with project 5 ing arms extending through the slots 0, and bent back and around the stockof the buckleframe, substantially as described.

2. A buckle composed of the main portion A, having the inwardly-projecting arms A, o provided with slots 0, and the. binding-lever formed of the blank made up of the partK for grasping, the portion d, adapted to bind the strap of the suspender,and the arms b, adapted to enter the slots in the arms A of the main 5 body of the buckle.

3. The body A, formed with wings A and A, bent backward and over into a plane parallel with the plane of the frame and extending substantially to the middle thereof, and provided with slots 0 each side of the center, i in combination with the binding-lever provided with arms I), introduced through said slots and bent around the body. substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 5 5

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL A. CHAPMAN. DAN. F. DALTON.

Witnesses:

F. ARMSTRONG, D. F. WEBSTER. 

